“Show Me a Hero” gets into the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
Maurice Timothy Reidy
Tim Reidy joined America’s staff in October 2006 and served as online editor for several years before moving into his current role as the deputy editor in chief. Tim oversees America’s newsroom, directing its daily news coverage as well as working with the editorial leadership team to plan each print issue. Tim also edits the magazine’s Ideas section, where he contributes book reviews and essays. Before joining America, he worked at the Hartford Courant, a newspaper in Connecticut, and Commonweal magazine. In addition to writing for America, he has contributed to The New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. He has been interviewed about the Catholic Church on WNYC in New York, ABC, Bloomberg TV and other media outlets. Tim also serves on the board of directors of Jesuit Refugee Service USA. He lives in Bronxville, N.Y., with his wife and two children.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Cafeteria Prayers: Mass at an immigrant detention facility
Mass at an immigrant detention facility in Florence, Ariz.
Posted inIn All Things
A tragedy unfolds, and new homes blossom in Yonkers: recap of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ Episodes 5 and 6
“Show Me a Hero” reminds us that sometimes government can help push us forward, even if the motives our leaders are not always so noble.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The fate of Yonkers’ mayor and a federal housing plan: ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 3 and 4
David Simon and his team revel in the weeds of late 1980s housing policy.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Yonkers and the ugly politics of ‘not in my backyard’: A recap of ‘Show Me a Hero,’ parts 1 and 2
At the heart of the class combat in “Show Me a Hero” is fear, a fear that is made worse by the fact the black, brown and white residents of Yonkers know very little about one another.
Posted inSigns Of the Times
U.S. Bishops Issue Scathing Report On Federal Detention Center Policy
A detailed and highly critical analysis of the U.S. immigration detention system by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Center for Migration Studies is calling for a radical restructuring of the way the government handles undocumented immigrants.Released on May 11, the 44-page report tra
Posted inTelevision
A Man in Full: ‘Wolf Hall’ and the emergence of Thomas Cromwell
‘Wolf Hall’ and the emergence of Thomas Cromwell
Posted inOf Other Things
The Sounds I Live By
I like traditional radio because it’s tied to a person but also because it’s tied to a place.
Posted inSynod on the Family
Family Portraits: Discussion starters for the upcoming synod
Editor’s Note. “Families,” Pope Francis noted in a homily on Sept. 14, “are the first place in which we are formed as persons and, at the same time, the ‘bricks’ for the building up of society.” In preparation for the launch of the Synod of Bishops on the Fa
Posted inArts & Culture, Of Other Things
Robert Silvers and the minds behind the New York Review of Books
The nature of reading is private, but part of the thrill of reading a magazine is the knowledge that others are reading the same material at roughly the same time.